The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-06-18
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Capitolian Advocate.

Capitolian Advocate.
The cry of ''ring," which has been used
against Gov McEnery, is no longer plausible
since the recent accessions OF Messrs. DaVeF
and Duffy, to the Nichols side. With Messrs,
John Fitzpatrick and Patrick Mealey. who
were there since the State election, they con
stitute the combination that The people "t
New Orleans call the Big Four lt ~ hard-
ly necessary to state that fhero is large Gle
ment of the population OF the city, VINO are
not in love with the way these gentlemen
have been conducting the government OF New
Orleans, for years past, and that element IS
now wondering how The Big tonr' ana ihe
Nichols people eonld lay down together IN
peace and good fellowship. The alignment OF
the 'iBig Four" on the side Of Reform has ex
cited much comment, as will be seen by the
following report OF an interview gwen by an
Item reporter, VIZ
A prominent and much loved merchant one
who has sacrificed his personal interests by
devotipg himself to the 'people," citizens"
and ''reform" efforts to break the grasp OF the
ring on our municipal government sald 10 tho
Item
.Will these men never get satisfied Under
their absolute dictation of local politics. their
defense of election frauds in and out OF the
courts, and their misuse OF the puohiG reVe.
nues, they have cost New Orleans millions in
heaped up debt, and untold millions more IN
loss of credit and the miserable results of
generally bad reputation. 1t would be of pub,
lie interest were the Item to give the record
Of the official life of these would-be dietat0rs
Of our home poitics--desi ignated, see, the
Big Four"
This record does not show g long iist OF ia
vors received. The return favors are suta-
GENTLY we'll epitomized in the remarks OF the
old merchant whose opinion is forcibly ex-
! pressed above:
! JOHN FITZPATRICK, ADMINISTRATOR OF PUBLIC
| WORKS.
Elacted clerk of the First District Court in
| 1872
Appointed BY !. Kellogg sg9g clerk of the Superior
! Elected member of House OF Representa-
| tives in 1876. ,e,.
/ Was counted ip as Criminal Sheriff in le1s
aud paid lit is openly cbarged), Sll .OOo to Col,
Vaudeville MarigUy as compromise 10 get
him to dismiss bis suit contesting tue electlon
Was counted in rs Administrator OF lm'
provemeuts in 1880.
Was counted in again IN 1857 to the same
office
Was again couuted iu iu 1884.
Sixteen years continually 10 office.
PATRICK MEALEY, ADMINISTRATORS OF PUBLIC
BUILDINGS
Was counted III as Administrator OF Puoht
Buildings IN 1873 ,eeo
Again counted 10 as Administrator in ls82
Again couuted ip as Administrator IN 1854
Ten years continually III office
r. C. DAvEY, RECORDER AND STATE SENATOR
HOLDING BOTH OFFICES AT ONCE.
Was counted in as Senator from tue seeont
ward aud Algiers in 1879.
Was counted in as Recorder Of the Firs
District in 1880. ,ooo
Was again counted iu as Recorder iu 1882
Was counted 10 as Recorder aud State Sen
ntor, both at enc tiue, in 1884.
Iu 1884 he was nominated as Recoruef, an
5 his brother, j. G. Davey, was nominated .
: Senator, but ou election day the tickets wer
. printed by some underband means with H.
Dsyey as Senator and Robert u. UaVey
l Recorder.
Nine years iu oHieo,
9 THOMAS DUFFY, CIVIL SHERIFF
= Was elected clerk OF Fifth District Court
: 1872.
: Was reelected as clerk of Fifth Distri'
Court in 1876. ,o-o
II Was counted in as Civil Sheriff III 1879.
y Was counted in again IN 1854
4 Sixteen years continually i'll ONCE.
= Truly have they not had enoughf In we
r. of the sad results of their dictatorship ma
not the people of New Orleans had enoughf
:. For verifcation of the assertion "counte
y ~ in" reference is made to the records OF d
y grand jury. the State and United stat
> eonrts. and files of the local press contemI
q raneous with the elections-particu!ariy 9
u elaborate and detailed exposures made IN t
N ~ Item and Picaynne.